Chapter 781 Long time no see, Kaka!
On November 7, 2009, Manchester City Stadium.
When the game reached the 65th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo received a cross from Sanchez from the right and scored the third goal of the game. It was also the first goal in his last three games, and the entire city stadium was completely in full swing.
All Manchester City fans were shouting Cristiano Ronaldo's name in unison.
Previously, the goal drought in two games and Manchester City's weak offense made the Portuguese feel very stressed. Even in this game, the zero-to-zero in the first half still made people feel a little worried, fearing that the team will still perform poorly.
But unexpectedly, after the second half of the game, Manchester City started the attack and ushered in a big explosion.
Sanchez's performance on the right was as active as ever. With the support of Gao Han's assault card, he almost broke Burnley's left side into a sieve. He first received Benzema's assist in the 48th minute, opening the team's first record, and then in the 54th minute, he broke through and assisted Benzema on the right to score a goal.
Just ten minutes later, Sanchez made a forced breakthrough on the right and passed the low pass to the left of the goal. Cristiano Ronaldo arrived and sent the ball into the goal, rewriting the score to three to zero.
Manchester City changed the decline in the first half and performed very actively in the second half.
The atmosphere of the entire city court has become extremely warm.
Just as all the fans were immersed in the unstoppable atmosphere of the team on the court, the live TV camera suddenly turned to the sidelines again, and saw that the game was once again placed on the roster. Brazilian superstar Kaka, who was sitting on the bench, was warming up on the sidelines.
In fact, he kept warming up the whole game.
It's November now, and the weather is cold, and substitutes need to keep warming up to keep their bodies warm.
During the halftime break, Kaka stayed on the court and warmed up like all the substitutes. She kept leaving the bench in the second half and ran to the sidelines to warm up alone.
Manchester City fans have been waiting for Kaka. It has been four months since he joined in July to now. They are waiting for Kaka's comeback all the time, especially in these two games, he has been on the roster and may appear at any time.
It's already 3 to 0 on the court. Should I get on Kaka at this time?
"Kaka!"
In the stadium, a shout from the fans came from an unknown stand.
Through the live broadcast camera, you can clearly see Kaka hears the sound, then raises his head and looks at the stands, grinning, revealing his white teeth, and smiling silly, he is still so kind and so sunny.
He is still the handsome boy.
"Kaka!!!Kaka!!!"
More and more fans were spontaneously shouting Kaka's name, which started to be a little confused, but soon became organized, everyone was calling Kaka in unison, and everyone's enthusiasm was completely ignited at that moment.
"The sound of Manchester City fans calling for Kaka to appear at the scene, and we saw the entire stadium shouting Kaka."
"Manchester City fans have not forgotten Kaka. He has been injured for four months after joining the team, but Manchester City fans have been silently waiting for his comeback."
"But the power to decide whether Kaka can play is not in the fans, nor in Kaka, but in the hands of head coach Gao Han."
"As early as the last round, Kaka was placed on the roster, but Gao Han explained after the game that Kaka was not arranged to play was because Birmingham's playing style made him a little worried. He was afraid that Kaka would be injured again, so he finally chose someone else."
"But in this game, Manchester City is already sure to win, and it's a home game again, Gao Han should probably consider..."
"Hey, we saw Gao Han waving on the sidelines."
All the fans of the entire city stadium were staring at the home team coach's seat. When they saw Gao Han waving to Kaka, cheers like a tide swept across the entire stadium.
All Manchester City fans cheered from the bottom of their hearts because their voices were heard by Gao Han.
Gao Han called Kaka to his side, leaned against his ear, and reminded him loudly, "I don't need you to work hard, nor do you need to work hard. I just need you to protect yourself, be familiar with the rhythm of the game, and understand what I mean?"
"I understand, don't worry, boss."
"Go."
When Kaka quickly took off her coat, tidying up her shorts and walking to the sidelines, the entire city court exploded again.
All the fans in the audience were shouting Kaka's name in unison.
Time froze in the 71st minute, and Manchester City made a substitution with a chance to die.
Midfielder Kaka replaced defender Sabaleta and Manchester City adjusted the lineup.
The entire city stadium was bathed in unison by tens of thousands of fans, including players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema, and quickly walked to the sidelines to hug Kaka and celebrate his return to the field.
After four months of separation, Kaka finally made a debut.
From the sound captured by the live broadcast camera, more teammates are reminding Kaka to be careful.
"The Manchester City team is finally intact now."
"From the lineup on the court, there is no doubt that Gao Han's direct line is the central axis. Cristiano Ronaldo is the frontcourt, Kaka is the frontcourt, David Silva and Modric are in the center, Xavi Alonso is the backcourt, and goalkeeper is Cech, both Gao Han's direct lineup, and many of them are from Atletico Madrid."
"This is really exciting. We definitely have reason to look forward to Gao Han's team being able to bring more surprises after Kaka's comeback."
"Of course, this game is just Kaka's first comeback. After four months of injury, we can't ask him to perform well in his first game, especially since he just joined Manchester City."
Facts have also proved that Kaka, who debuted for the first time, did not bring much surprise to people.
After the operation, Kaka performed more cautiously after playing, and handled the ball quickly, focusing on being safe. At the same time, he tried to avoid physical contact with the opponent's defensive players.
But there is a very obvious change that Manchester City has a fixed contact point at the front of the penalty area, from the midfield to the frontcourt, one by one, and the entire midfield and frontcourt have been revitalized.
Especially during an attack, Benzema in the middle suddenly rushed to the left side of the penalty area, raised his hand to ask for the ball, pulled Burnley's central defender away, while Kaka quickly stepped forward and took away the defensive players at the front of the penalty area.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who had been lying on the left, cut in from the left to the middle. After receiving a pass from David Silva, he shot from the outside of the penalty area without defending and hit the crossbar.
Although he failed to score, Manchester City's cooperation was very exciting.
The understanding between Benzema, Sanchez, Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo was illuminated.
Gao Han nodded when he saw it on the sidelines.
It is difficult for Kaka to maintain the rapid and lightning breakthrough of the previous few years. He needs to slow down, but slowing down does not mean that he is not threatened. He should make himself smarter and more comprehensive.
In fact, Gao Han always felt that AC Milan’s use of Kaka was a bit off-the-scenes.
There is no doubt that Kaka's characteristics of high-speed ball breakthrough in the middle lane were maximized under AC Milan's tactical system, but his advantages in other aspects were not fully explored, which made Kaka look a bit like a trick.
But as someone who brought Kaka to European football, Gao Han knew better than anyone else that Kaka could develop more comprehensively.
And now, he has been back for a long time.
Long time no see, Kaka!
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Kaka appeared on the stage for twenty minutes and immediately became the focus of major media and newspapers around the world the next day.
In contrast, Manchester City's three-to-zero victory over Burnley was taken for granted.
During the twenty minutes of his debut, Kaka played very smoothly, without making any mistakes, and had a 100% pass success rate, but they were all very smooth transitional balls, without threatening passes, very active running, and a large range of activities.
It should be said that after four months of separation, my debut in the league was a well-known report card.
But there are two things that left a deep impression on the game. One is when Kaka and Benzema pulled the defensive players away to create a chance to score for Cristiano Ronaldo, and the other is when Kaka was violated by the opponent's defensive players and fell to the ground.
At that time, the entire Manchester City team rushed up from top to bottom, and captain Xavi Alonso was the first to put pressure on the referee, believing that the opponent's foul was intentional and should be severely punished. The referee also gave a yellow card warning.
It turned out that Kaka was not seriously injured, it was just a false alarm.
However, judging from the spontaneous reactions of Manchester City players this time, everyone believes that the unprecedented unity in Manchester City's locker room, especially Gao Han's direct line, has become an indispensable force in Manchester City's locker room.
The highlight of this round of Premier League was that Arsenal defeated Wolves four-one away, Liverpool drew Birmingham 2-2 at home, and Chelsea defeated Manchester United 1-0 with Terry's corner kick.
After this round of matches, Manchester City beat the lead with 36 points, Chelsea scored 33 points, Arsenal scored 28 points, Manchester United scored 22 points, Tottenham Hotspur also scored 22 points.
As for Liverpool, he only scored 19 points and fell to seventh in the league.
It can be said that Liverpool's weaknesses and shortcomings have been fully exposed since the league played.
After playing the twelfth round of the league, the European League was suspended again, ushering in two weeks of national team competition day. After Gao Han's treatment, Dunga did not recruit Kaka in this period of national team training, which allowed Kaka to train better within two weeks.
Two weeks later, in the 13th round of the Premier League, Manchester City challenged Liverpool away.
As the Champions League group stage is about to usher in a life-and-death battle in the mid-week, coupled with the influence of the national team, Benitez rotated the lineup, while Gao Han attacked Liverpool's weaknesses and eventually defeated Liverpool 2-1 away.
Kaka still came on as a substitute in the 70th minute while the team led 2-0, and his performance was still in moderation.
In this round, Chelsea won Wolves, Manchester United beat Everton three-to-zero, and only Arsenal lost to Sunderland away 0-to-1.
A week later, in the 14th round of the Premier League, Manchester City played against Hul City at home.
Before the first half was about to end, the Blue Moon took the lead by 1-0 with Sanchez's goal.
After the second half of the game, Hul City still performed very tenaciously and held Manchester City's offense.
Kaka came on as a substitute in the 68th minute.
It was precisely in the 82nd minute that Kaka retreated and received the ball, got rid of the defensive player, dribbled the ball forward, and passed it to the right. Sanchez inserted at high speed, caught up with the ball and passed it across the ball in front of the goal. The opponent's midfielder Brad made a mistake in defending and clearing the ball, causing an own goal.
Manchester City beat Hul City 2-0 at home.
But the most shocking game in this round was that Chelsea defeated Arsenal three-to-zero away with Drogba's double score and Vermullen's own goal.
In the 15th round, before visiting the City Stadium to challenge Manchester City, Scolari's team played in an amazing form.
Chapter completed!